currency

柯林斯詞典

1. N-VAR The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency. 貨幣
Tourism is the country's top earner of foreign currency. 旅游業(yè)是該國外匯收入最高的行業(yè)。
More people favour a single European currency than oppose it. 支持歐洲單一貨幣的人比反對的多。

Take some foreign currency to cover incidentals like the taxi fare to your hotel .
Five people were indicted for making and selling counterfeit currency.
The Central Bank intervened in the currency markets today to try to stabilize the exchange rate .
The currency has lost so much of its value that barter has become the preferred way of doing business .
In 1971, Britain switched over to a decimal currency.